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Link taken from somebody else.

Well, that got me password-changin'. And Opera-using. I dislike Opera. I think I'll also go back to my normal link-avoiding ways... Just for a while. *nodnodnod* This fits in with what I read over at lj_maintenance.

Edit: So, the article's taking things way out of proportion? I can believe that too. (Just call me the electric monk!) But I'd rather be a little more cautious and wrong than a little less cautious and wrong (or even a little less cautious and right!)

So, my birthday is still coming.

I think I'll celebrate by doing some of Jenn's laundry. Because she hasn't had time, and the baby's out of clean clothes. I mean *out* of clean clothes. Ana's not doing so great either.

And perhaps I'll buy her some groceries. Not for her, but for me during the day, since Jenn hasn't done her shopping yet either. I'm thinking 10 pounds of potatoes (I love potatoes), a few dozen eggs (I love eggs), some pasta (I love pasta), some peanut butter sandwich stuff (I love peanut butter sandwiches), some fruit (I love fruit) and some applesauce or yogurt (I hate it, but it's portable and the kid likes it). That shouldn't cost me *that* much, should it?

Perhaps I'll also buy stuff for bagels and lox, and eat it in front of her and not let her have any. Because I'm mean.

I used that trick today to get Ana to eat her lunch. She didn't want to eat anything but popcorn or candy. Candy wasn't happening, and popcorn... it's a healthy snack, but not a meal. So I told her I'd eat her applesauce, and I was glad she didn't want it, because it was *mine* and She Couldn't Have Any. *laughs* Her "small bite" turned into the whole damn thing, a trick she repeated over the chickpeas. The weak are easy to control.

Oh, and if anybody has a spare $450, Jenn somehow can't pay her fuel bill. I know *I* have been turning the heat off in that apartment most days - I find that even with the heat ostensibly off, it's just too hot in there most of the time.

Oh, and if anybody knows how I can KILL HER UPS GUY, that'd be great. The guy is a complete incompetant. Ask me why we didn't go anywhere Thursday....

More articles....

On sperm/egg donor privacy

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It's so stupid. Obviously, if both donor and donee (or donor's donated kids) want to meet, or not be so private, it should be allowed.

Oh, hey, it's by Amy Harmon. Dear God. It seems like every other article I really like turns out to be by her. I'm turning into a fangirl. So embarassing.

NY is pushing for better food options in poorer neighborhoods.

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Transit workers reject deal that ended strike. Well, fuck.

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Loosely on threats to media in Iraq

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On illegal spying, and Democrats, and... gah.

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On raw food for pets

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Problem...

My internet connection has been slow lately, say over the past half-week or so.

I've run two different virus scans, and two different adware/spyware scans. Nothing. By which I mean *nothing*, not even the normal spybot warning that such-and-fuch is a maliciously evil cookie that will steal my brains. (I've been blocking most cookies lately, though, just because I hated that spybot warning, so this isn't surprising.)

I've defragged my computer (and I always want to call it fraggled). Nothing.

I've taken into account that every site I visit might be slow.

I've switched browsers a few times.

Nothing else on my computer is running slowly. I've no idea what's going on, and I thought I'd ask my brilliant friends before trying Google.

Any ideas?

Edit: Yeah, it's almost certainly the cable company. After taking peebs' advice to call them, I decided first to google - and apparently it's been slow for everyone in the city for a few months now. It's probably been slow for me, but not *very* slow until recently.

Some linkies....

A quick synopsis of the past week of LiveJournal.
Griff's latest linkpost - including links on gay marriage (good read), the last election, saying no to Wal-Mart, and other goodies.
One on how gay families are insidiously planning to take their children (of the damned!) to the White House Egg Roll! With good Christians! OH NO! (Vote in the poll, please.)
On a new "big brother" prison in Holland.
On a scholarship for "quirky" writers. Cool.